Domino OSGI (Part 4) - Deploy a custom plugin to Domino Designer

In my previous post I walked through creating a simple layout control as an OSGI plugin.
The next step is to deploy the control to designer this is where the set up we did in part 2 comes in.

Inside eclipse then right click the plugin then go to Export
Select 'Deployable plug-ins and fragments' and click next.
Ensure your plug-in is ticked then set the destination as 'Directory' and set that to be your newly created plugin directory, finally click finish.

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Your plugin should now be available inside Domino Designer.
Inside Designer create a new XPage, now inside your controls palette you should see new category 'JMC Layout Controls'.

The category is based on what was set in the xsp-config file:

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<designer-extension> <in-palette>true</in-palette> <category>JMC Layout Controls</category>  ...

Just drag the control on to your XPage as you would any other control and hey presto:

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